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E. DALTON.

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APPLICATIDN FILED MAR. 22. I917.

Patented Nov. 12, 191&

WITNESSES INVENTOR iv fiazmw h I ATTORN EY rrn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZABETH DALTON, OF JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,719.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH DAL'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Junction City, in'the county of Geary and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bibs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a bib for infants and the principal object ofthe invention is to provide a device of this character which willprevent the infant from dropping his food into his lap or ont the floor'while in his chair.

Another object of this invention isto form a pocket in the bib, wherebysuch articles of food as are dropped by the baby will be caught and heldin the pocket. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide means for attaching partof the bib to the chair to hold thepoeket open.

Another object'of my invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple and durable inconstruction, reliable and v efficient inoperation and one which can manufactured and placed upon the market at aminimum cost.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the severalviews, and in which:

ordinary strings 2 for securing the same to Figure 1 shows the inventionin elevas tion.

2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Flg. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig.2. As shown in these drawings, the bib has a substantially flat body 1provided with the the infant and at its lower end the bib is sirablemanner. The material formingthe' provided with a pocket 3 formed in anydepocket is provided with eyelets 4 along the upper edge adapted toengage with buttons 5 on the inner edge of the high chair table, suchbuttons being formed in any desirable manner, those shown consisting offur.- niture tacks driven into the table.

Patented N... 12, 1918.

Thus it will be seen that the pocket is held open by the buttons, sothat any food that may be dropped by the baby will be caught in thepocket and thus prevented from droppin into the babys lap or onto thefloor.

T e bib may be made of any suitable material, such arubber, oil cloth orthe like. Furciiher, the bib may be of any shape deslre While I haveshown the invention in use with a high chair, I do not wish to belimlted to this combination, as of course the bib could be used with anordinary chair having a bar in front to hold the baby in the chair andthis bar could carry the buttons for holdin the pocket open.

Again, t e chair could be moved close to the edge of the table and thebuttons applied to this so as to hold the pocket open.

It is thought from the foregoing that the advantages and novel featuresof my invention will be readily apparent.

-I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in theconstruction and the arrangement and combination of the several parts,provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

prising aseparate piece of material extending across the lower end ofthe body with;

J. T. DALTON, Gmon CAMPBELL.

pocket to the table and openi The herein described bib comprising onepiece of material forming a flat body, fasten mg means at its upper end,a pocket com-

